First Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (now House)
Clerk-Typist for the Commissioners Office
First Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
First Secretary to the CI Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Organist
Teacher
Years active
1945 - 1996
Employer
Government of the Cayman Islands
Known for
Founding Member of the Business & Professional Women's Club
Founding Member of the Rotary Sunrise Club
Founding Member of the Cayman Islands Tennis Club
Successor
Mabry S. Kirkconnell
Spouse
Vivian Delworth McLaughlin (married 1949)
Children
Christopher Vivian Delworth McLaughlin
Gordon Malcolm Alfred McLaughlin
Parent
Charles Christopher Bush Jr.
Lottie Verona Bush nee Morton
Relatives
James Alfred Bush (brother)
Elizabeth Ann Bush (sister)
Natascha Schroll-McLaughlin (granddaughter)
Nikita Schroll-McLaughlin (granddaughter)
Susanne Schroll (daughter-in-law)
In February 1991, she was appointed the First Speaker to the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly.[2] This was the Cayman Islands first woman speaker and this was achieved before the UK or the USA had their first woman speaker.[3]
She insisted that her sons gained a good education and every Sunday she would attend the South Sound Presbyterian Church where she played the organ.[3]
In 1996, she retired from her post and was named a National Hero of the Cayman Islands. This is the Cayman Islands' highest honor and was awarded because of her contributions to parliament and the community of the Cayman Islands.[4] She was also one of the founding members of the Business and Professional Women’s Club, the Rotary Sunrise Club, and the Cayman Islands Tennis Club.
On 10 May, 2022, she died at her son's home in South Sound.[5] Sybil McLaughlin lay in state at the House of Parliament in the Cayman Islands on the 19th of May. Her funeral was attended the following day.[6]
